'Samisen' definitions:
Definition of 'samisen'
(from WordNet)
noun
A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum [syn: samisen, shamisen]
Definition of 'Samisen'
From: GCIDE
- Samisen \Sam"i*sen\, n. [Jap.] (Mus.) A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'samisen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archlute,
- balalaika,
- banjo,
- banjo-uke,
- banjo-ukulele,
- banjo-zither,
- banjorine,
- banjuke,
- bass guitar,
- centerhole guitar,
- concert guitar,
- Dobro guitar,
- electric guitar,
- F-hole guitar,
- guitar,
- lute,
- mando-bass,
- mando-cello,
- mandola,
- mandolin,
- mandolute,
- mandore,
- oud,
- pandora,
- pandura,
- sitar,
- Spanish guitar,
- steel guitar,
- tamboura,
- theorbo,
- troubadour fiddle,
- uke,
- ukulele